Lawn-trimmer.



INO. 868,554.

PATENTED OCT/n15, 1907.

.W. HAMILTON. LAWN TRIMMER. APLIOATION FILED APB-18.1907- SIDEWALK x Iv.

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WILLIAM HIHAMIL'LON, or DE KAL ILLINOIS, AssIeNoR OF ONE-HALF 'ro H. n'rjror'r, or

DE KAIJB, ILLINOIS.

. LAWII T'RIMMER.

To all whom it may concern:

- .Be it known that I, \VILLIAM H. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing'at De Kalb, in the countyof Dekalb State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Trimmers, of

which the following is a specification;

trimmer. This had 1 has an' elongated side 2 with the edge 3 turned over at 4 to strengthen it and the oblique cutting edge 5, the side 2 terminating in a. point 6 where the two edges 3 and 5 meet. The body 1 also has a narrow strip 7 extending laterally from-the rear 8 "oi the,

side 2. The side 2 is made inclinedto the-strip]; This strip 7 has a;b ottom pi eee Stand extending upf therefrom a'yertieal piece 1i] i'=i r1d" e1tt ending therefroui outwardly a. horizontaijpice ,The side-2 and stri 7 may be made in gue'piec'eeut out and range 'into' proper shape. is r y Secured to the horizoxitalpiece llof the strips 7 is one end 12 of a brace .13 the other end 14 of which "has the turned down extremity 15 by which the brace 13 is secured to the edge3 of the side 2. The brace 13 has a socket 16 for the end 17 of an operative handle 18.

Thisdeviceis designed primarily for use in trimming the edges of lawns or plots where the long grass falls over a walk or curb and which the ordinary cutter cannot out.

Specification of Letters Patent. v lihplicatioh filed April-18,1907. -Serisl Na. 868,840. 7

Havingdescribed my inve "cutting side with the oblique cutting edge;

PatentedQQeh 15, 1907,

' .The device is putjnto position as'shown in Fig. The horizontal piece 11 forms ,a rest'or bearing whieh'is placed upoh the top of the curb or walk, as the case may he, and the bottom 9 of the device rests the grass plot just alongside of the curb or walk. By drawing the trimmer in "thedirect'ion of the free endoitho handle 18 and pressing firmly downwardon the cuttn': .40 the edge 5 Inakes'a draw cut against the grasscutting lh' 5 latter and the lower part of the'deyice acts as qscooii to channel. theground slightly at the edge or'sidebf ihe" curb or walk. Thus the long edge grass-is 'ren'iov the flow of water along the same.

and at the same time a slight channel is niade-tojiiernii't 4' with a bottom piece and a horizontal gi'e t Iorlning a rest; and a brace connected to and the horizontal piece and having a 'lia 2. A lawn .trin ime r, consisting ot the E:

be isjtter;

connection between the rest :iLd the cuttings he brace -extending jroni'ih'e rest to the cutting side and connecting "the two and the handle socket.

' 3. A lawn vtrii nmerfv consisting of the body l l iiaying-i'l cutting side '2, the strip -7 extending laterally from the side 2 a.nd'eonsisting o bthc bottom pie'c 9, .the vertical 6() piece 10 'andthe lioriaontui piece 11, and the bi'iice 1339i} cured to the horizontal piece 11 and the side 2, and havingl:

-the 'l1andie socket w.

I n testimony-whereof i have signed my name to this" I specification-in the presence of two subscribing wit'ncss'es' WiLLL-Ui 11,:nnrrruronl' ff" Witnesses S, M. Hus-r,

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